US Census Bureau
Skip top of page navigation

American Community Survey (ACS)


Skip top of page navigation
Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Indianapolis, IN MSA
Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Logo

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
388,351
377,969
398,733
Nursery school, preschool
31,434
26,118
36,750
Kindergarten
27,151
21,904
32,398
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
177,682
168,782
186,582
High school grade (grades 9-12)
79,298
73,020
85,576
College or graduate school
72,786
65,290
80,282
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,014,441
1,011,261
1,017,621
Less than 9th grade
36,937
30,657
43,217
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
117,562
103,974
131,150
High school graduate (including equivalency)
326,863
313,939
339,787
Some college, no degree
209,451
195,639
223,263
Associate degree
60,456
51,977
68,935
Bachelor's degree
170,966
158,819
183,113
Graduate or professional degree
92,206
84,052
100,360
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
84.8
83.3
86.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
25.9
24.6
27.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
577,616
575,750
579,482
Never married
168,921
161,004
176,838
Now married, except separated
342,747
332,494
353,000
Separated
5,839
3,328
8,350
Widowed
11,463
8,943
13,983
Divorced
48,646
41,668
55,624
 
Females 15 years and over
634,991
632,641
637,341
Never married
157,333
148,911
165,755
Now married, except separated
339,561
328,635
350,487
Separated
8,939
5,816
12,062
Widowed
53,792
48,842
58,742
Divorced
75,366
67,628
83,105
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
30,411
24,750
36,072
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
10,028
6,911
13,145
Per 1,000 unmarried women
51
36
66
As a percent of all women with a birth
33.0
24.9
41.1
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
71
58
84
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
49
18
80
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
135
104
166
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
22
12
32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
33,663
25,959
41,367
Responsible for grandchildren
14,374
10,071
18,677
less than 1 year
2,606
501
4,711
1 or 2 years
3,787
1,720
5,854
3 or 4 years
3,210
938
5,482
5 or more years
4,771
2,976
6,566
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
67.0
55.8
78.2
Percent who are married
63.9
47.6
80.2
Percent who are in labor force
61.7
51.0
72.4
Percent who are in poverty
20.0
3.7
36.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,145,838
1,144,863
1,146,813
Civilian veterans
140,466
132,393
148,539
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
364,333
358,923
369,743
With a disability
25,598
20,173
31,023
 
Population 21 to 64 years
923,003
917,367
928,639
With a disability
123,889
113,408
134,370
Percent employed
52.6
48.1
57.1
No disability
799,114
787,942
810,286
Percent employed
83.3
82.0
84.6
 
Population 65 years and over
164,348
162,711
165,985
With a disability
70,093
64,524
75,662
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,548,834
1,544,405
1,553,263
Same house
1,263,831
1,237,378
1,290,284
Different house in the U.S.
274,468
249,489
299,447
Same county
186,415
163,830
209,000
Different county
88,053
71,972
104,134
Same state
56,998
43,862
70,134
Different state
31,055
23,054
39,056
Abroad
10,535
3,722
17,348
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,572,375
*****
*****
Native
1,521,605
1,512,720
1,530,490
Born in United States
1,514,559
1,505,266
1,523,852
State of residence
1,114,884
1,093,388
1,136,380
Different state
399,675
380,616
418,734
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
7,046
4,243
9,849
Foreign born
50,770
41,885
59,655
Naturalized citizen
21,504
16,658
26,350
Not a citizen
29,266
21,075
37,457
Entered 1990 or later
28,569
19,765
37,373
Entered before 1990
22,201
17,523
26,879
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
50,770
41,885
59,655
Europe
13,500
7,293
19,707
Asia
18,035
14,044
22,026
Africa
1,880
560
3,200
Oceania
201
0
531
Latin America
15,604
11,540
19,668
Northern America
1,550
542
2,558
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,452,486
1,450,923
1,454,049
English only
1,378,379
1,369,619
1,387,139
Language other than English
74,107
65,190
83,024
Speak English less than "very well"
26,818
21,291
32,346
Spanish
33,475
27,004
39,946
Speak English less than "very well"
16,237
11,109
21,365
Other Indo-European languages
26,580
19,386
33,774
Speak English less than "very well"
4,937
2,731
7,143
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
10,629
6,195
15,063
Speak English less than "very well"
5,407
2,091
8,724
Other languages
3,423
95
6,751
Speak English less than "very well"
237
0
626
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,572,375
*****
*****
Arab
7,537
2,937
12,137
Czech
3,513
1,487
5,539
Danish
2,270
1,158
3,382
Dutch
29,214
22,560
35,868
English
193,588
175,557
211,619
French (except Basque)
32,827
26,314
39,340
French Canadian
2,907
1,696
4,118
German
363,797
344,311
383,284
Greek
3,242
1,432
5,052
Hungarian
5,660
2,705
8,615
Irish
204,549
187,094
222,004
Italian
39,109
29,516
48,702
Lithuanian
1,544
483
2,605
Norwegian
6,890
3,517
10,263
Polish
19,460
14,675
24,245
Portuguese
1,127
0
2,317
Russian
6,769
2,809
10,729
Scotch-Irish
31,685
22,856
40,514
Scottish
29,180
23,649
34,711
Slovak
2,757
1,190
4,325
Subsaharan African
7,887
3,764
12,010
Swedish
13,938
9,734
18,142
Swiss
5,283
2,539
8,027
Ukrainian
3,475
1,817
5,133
United States or American
180,012
160,521
199,503
Welsh
13,804
10,019
17,589
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,428
669
4,187
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  American Community Survey Office  |  Page Last Modified: August 23, 2007